Aw 'cmon Simon, that is almost too....what....too sick? I used to use the phrase "final solution" in my course of speaking once in a while, took a long time before I figured out why some people looked at me funny.

Dogs are the leaders of the planet. If you see two life forms, one of them’s making a poop, the other one’s carrying it for him, who would you assume is in charge? " I am a controlled substance". Savannah.

“Two of my favorite things are sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe of sweet hemp, and playing my Hohner harmonica.” - Abraham Lincoln (from a letter written by Lincoln during his presidency to the head of the Hohner Harmonica Company in Germany)

1durphul wrote: Also I recently learned that the german word Gift translates to poison.

Boy, that IS German!

It is legitimately the same word. And one gebt Gift just as one gives a gift.And then you have wissen/kennen--which is only know in English. I think that carries for French and Spanish as well.Freiheit/gratis and liberte/gratis for free...

The Lady with a Lamprey

"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri

I'm bilingual in British and American. My favorite is "fanny" which in American is an innocuous, somewhat childish term for tush. In British I understand it's a fairly specific mildly rude term for female genitalia. So be careful when shopping for a fanny pack in London. "Bum-bag" I believe is the accepted term in British

A tipMexican uses so much slang spanish speakers from other countries can be lost.Rams horn is an AK47, and so on and onThey seem to use more slang than australians, which is saying something.You need a translation book there as well, I imagine.

A tipMexican uses so much slang spanish speakers from other countries can be lost.Rams horn is an AK47, and so on and onThey seem to use more slang than australians, which is saying something.You need a translation book there as well, I imagine.

Barfi is an India Indian sweet. It also a homophone of my mother's favorite adjective to describe something she did not like the taste of. So imagine my confusion when she offered me some barfi when I visited her.

Triken wrote:Handy things to know while traveling around.... I now feel prepared.

*studying frantically while awaiting my passport in the mail*

Just a tip.If you ever find yourself holding spanish speakers at gunpoint, and I know you will, may I suggest the phrase for 'I do not wish to injure you'.Floundering for phrases and pulling out movie quotes like 'Vaya con dios', does not have a calming effect.Rather makes things worse really.

gyre wrote:Just a tip.If you ever find yourself holding spanish speakers at gunpoint, and I know you will, may I suggest the phrase for 'I do not wish to injure you'.Floundering for phrases and pulling out movie quotes like 'Vaya con dios', does not have a calming effect.Rather makes things worse really.

Might consider not holding them at gunpoint too.

"The essence of tyranny is not iron law. It is capricious law." -- Christopher Hitchens

Here's my favorite German word... Reinheitsgebot- (German Purity Law) adopted in 1516, the oldest provision still enforced to protect the consumer."We hereby proclaim and decree, by Authority of our Province, that henceforth in the Duchy of Bavaria, in the country as well as in the cities and marketplaces, the following rules apply to the sale of beer: "From Michaelmas to Georgi, the price for one Mass [Bavarian Liter 1,069] or one Kopf [bowl-shaped container for fluids, not quite one Mass], is not to exceed one Pfennig Munich value, and

"From Georgi to Michaelmas, the Mass shall not be sold for more than two Pfennig of the same value, the Kopf not more than three Heller [Heller usually one-half Pfennig].

"If this not be adhered to, the punishment stated below shall be administered.

"Should any person brew, or otherwise have, other beer than March beer, it is not to be sold any higher than one Pfennig per Mass.

"Furthermore, we wish to emphasize that in future in all cities, markets and in the country, the only ingredients used for the brewing of beer must be Barley, Hops and Water. Whosoever knowingly disregards or transgresses upon this ordinance, shall be punished by the Court authorities' confiscating such barrels of beer, without fail.

"Should, however, an innkeeper in the country, city or markets buy two or three pails of beer (containing 60 Mass) and sell it again to the common peasantry, he alone shall be permitted to charge one Heller more for the Mass of the Kopf, than mentioned above. Furthermore, should there arise a scarcity and subsequent price increase of the barley (also considering that the times of harvest differ, due to location), WE, the Bavarian Duchy, shall have the right to order curtailments for the good of all concerned."

Here's my favorite German word... Reinheitsgebot- (German Purity Law) adopted in 1516, the oldest provision still enforced to protect the consumer."We hereby proclaim and decree, by Authority of our Province, that henceforth in the Duchy of Bavaria, in the country as well as in the cities and marketplaces, the following rules apply to the sale of beer: "From Michaelmas to Georgi, the price for one Mass [Bavarian Liter 1,069] or one Kopf [bowl-shaped container for fluids, not quite one Mass], is not to exceed one Pfennig Munich value, and

"From Georgi to Michaelmas, the Mass shall not be sold for more than two Pfennig of the same value, the Kopf not more than three Heller [Heller usually one-half Pfennig].

"If this not be adhered to, the punishment stated below shall be administered.

"Should any person brew, or otherwise have, other beer than March beer, it is not to be sold any higher than one Pfennig per Mass.

"Furthermore, we wish to emphasize that in future in all cities, markets and in the country, the only ingredients used for the brewing of beer must be Barley, Hops and Water. Whosoever knowingly disregards or transgresses upon this ordinance, shall be punished by the Court authorities' confiscating such barrels of beer, without fail.

"Should, however, an innkeeper in the country, city or markets buy two or three pails of beer (containing 60 Mass) and sell it again to the common peasantry, he alone shall be permitted to charge one Heller more for the Mass of the Kopf, than mentioned above. Furthermore, should there arise a scarcity and subsequent price increase of the barley (also considering that the times of harvest differ, due to location), WE, the Bavarian Duchy, shall have the right to order curtailments for the good of all concerned."